For a first competition there were pleasing numbers of contestants and the standard of work encouraging. A big Thank You!!! to all contributors, it was a pleasure to read your work.

I hope you will all persevere, tweak your work and keep braving the many contests out there – not forgetting I also hope to discover your names on the lists for subsequent contests here at 11 Sentences Rock, too.

The shortlist runs as follows (in first name alphabetical order)

Origami Wings – Anne Howkins

Trees in the Park – Katherine Murray

Dereliction of Duty – Lorna Flanagan

It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll – Nick Hamlyn

Silent Sorrys – Sherry Morris

Congrats and thanks once again, the next contest will open later this year for a final submission date on 11th February 2020